tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post117641146292319256..comments2015-03-03T12:32:26.614-05:00Comments on <a href="http://ionarts.blogspot.com/">Ionarts</a>: Iván Fischer at the Helm of the NSO. (For Now)Charles T. Downeyhttps://plus.google.com/112700440561211882762noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1176724640838604152007-04-16T06:57:00.000-05:002007-04-16T06:57:00.000-05:00I would prefer a rising star which would bring ene...I would prefer a rising star which would bring energy and enthusiasm. And besides the track record in the history is encouraging: Mengelberg, Stokowski, Bernstein, Salonen, Haitink (true, Jochum was co-dirrector for a few years but he was still young when he assumed Concertgebouw directorship), even Celibidache - he did miracles with the BPO in the postwar years before handing the orchestra backAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1176538219322901702007-04-14T03:10:00.000-05:002007-04-14T03:10:00.000-05:00I still think the candidate would ideally be a nat...I still think the candidate would ideally be a native English speaker, preferably American... at least comfortable with fundraising. LA didn't regret Salonen when they made him their young conductor 17 years ago... when he was only 31. We'll see - but he's hot right now, he's with the same record company (DG), and every great conductor attests him incredible talent.jflhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03017753357752263113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1176522347579477762007-04-13T22:45:00.000-05:002007-04-13T22:45:00.000-05:00As you say, the undesirable aspects of the positio...As you say, the undesirable aspects of the position will probably mean that either a rising junior star (Denève, Harth-Bedoya) or an older but lesser name (say, Richard Hickox) will be the solution. The risk will be how young and inexperienced a conductor the NSO might choose. Will the L.A. Phil eventually regret the appointment of Gustavo Dudamel?<BR/><BR/>Denève has done interesting programs Charles T. Downeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14637736147721536009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1176505674799164262007-04-13T18:07:00.000-05:002007-04-13T18:07:00.000-05:00*Want* and *get* are two different things, indeed....*Want* and *get* are two different things, indeed. The NSO post is not all that attractive... there are many more important positions to be had in the U.S., and there are places that can spend more money on that position...<BR/><BR/>...but neither the NSO MD position something to scoff at. As any great conductor will show, it's what you make of it. Salonen/LAPhil, Zinman/B'more and Zinman/Zurich,jflhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03017753357752263113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1176496410764864882007-04-13T15:33:00.000-05:002007-04-13T15:33:00.000-05:00Here's an added wrinkle. According to Tim Page, Fi...Here's an added wrinkle. According to <A HREF="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/12/AR2007041201612.html" REL="nofollow">Tim Page</A>, Fischer actually <EM>turned down</EM> the NSO's offer to be Music Director, in favor of remaining at the head of the Budapest Festival Orchestra in Hungary.<BR/><BR/>So, let's rephrase the question. Who might actually <EM>want</EM> to beCharles T. Downeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14637736147721536009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1176486711314741112007-04-13T12:51:00.000-05:002007-04-13T12:51:00.000-05:00OK, I know that you favor Conlon, but let me make ...OK, I know that you favor Conlon, but let me make a shrewd proposal: Miguel Harth-Bedoya. He gave excellent concerts both with the NSO and the Baltimore Symphony. What I like about his conducting is that he's not afraid to "let go" - remember the finale of the Tchaikovsky concerto with Sonnenberg for example? - even if this may have a price in the fact that he sometimes lets the brass cover the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com